01-07-2010, 03:27 PM
Okie so, the last thing on my list to replace in my PC was my RAM and I just got my 1GB PC-3200 / 4200 DDR2 sticks in the mail today, I was almost positive that this was what I needed; I checked crucial.com and it says it would fit (Dell Dimension 5100, only thing that is the same in it though is the motherboard and 1 stock fan) -- I checked Dell and it said it would fit, and another site.
On the sticks I currently have (3x 512mb) they are all Samsung and have a bunch of useless (to me) gibberish on there, only thing that looks useful on there is "PC2" and it is just between a bunch of 0s 1s and 3s heh, it does not say SDDR, DDR, DDR2, PC4200 / 4300 or anything on it.
The sticks that just came in the mail were PC-3200 DDR2, and looked like this:
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/2/8/2/1/3...4565_o.jpg
When you put the sticks I have right now right next to the sticks that I just bought, the dimensions are 100% the same, the only problem is the locating notch in the center is about a quarter inch down from where it is supposed to be on the motherboard; so it has to be something close to PC-3200 DDR2,
anyone have a clue? what makes the notch different, would I need to look for different types of the "PC-xxxx" or SDDR instead of DDR? I dont know if that actually changes stick itself or the compatibility, I know the MHz go up as the "PC-xxxx" goes up; so i'm guessing physical compatibility doesn't change for that.. Only thing left in my process of elimination is the DDR/SDDR
tyty
On the sticks I currently have (3x 512mb) they are all Samsung and have a bunch of useless (to me) gibberish on there, only thing that looks useful on there is "PC2" and it is just between a bunch of 0s 1s and 3s heh, it does not say SDDR, DDR, DDR2, PC4200 / 4300 or anything on it.
The sticks that just came in the mail were PC-3200 DDR2, and looked like this:
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/2/8/2/1/3...4565_o.jpg
When you put the sticks I have right now right next to the sticks that I just bought, the dimensions are 100% the same, the only problem is the locating notch in the center is about a quarter inch down from where it is supposed to be on the motherboard; so it has to be something close to PC-3200 DDR2,
anyone have a clue? what makes the notch different, would I need to look for different types of the "PC-xxxx" or SDDR instead of DDR? I dont know if that actually changes stick itself or the compatibility, I know the MHz go up as the "PC-xxxx" goes up; so i'm guessing physical compatibility doesn't change for that.. Only thing left in my process of elimination is the DDR/SDDR
tyty
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